"An alarming cautionary tale about how easy it is in the Internet age to ruin people’s lives while hiding behind a cloak of anonymity, the pic boasts a humorously titillating entry hook that soon gives way to an engrossing conspiracy-thriller."

- Variety

"Prepare to have your mind blown by this utterly fascinating and ultimately scary documentary. Miss this at your own peril."

- Dennis Dermody, Paper Magazine

"Tickled is one of the best documentaries in years, if not of all time."

- SUBSTREAM MAGAZINE

"Tickled is a funny, terrifying documentary on what the internet has wrought."

- Thrillist

"A triumph of documentary filmmaking and investigative reporting."

- Slash Film

"This film will likely crack my top 10 of the year, and maybe my top 10 documentaries of all time. It’s that good."

- Slash Film

"Prepare to have your mind blown by this utterly fascinating and ultimately scary documentary."

- Paper Magazine

"MISS THIS AT YOUR OWN PERIL. Prepare to have your mind blown by this utterly fascinating documentary."

- Denis Dermody, Paper

"You’re going to love it. What begins as a profile of a quirky subculture becomes an online mystery-horror thriller, in which the bogeyman is everywhere."

After stumbling upon a bizarre “competitive endurance tickling” video online, wherein young men are paid to be tied up and tickled, reporter David Farrier reaches out to request a story from the company. But the reply he receives is shocking—the sender mocks Farrier's sexual orientation and threatens extreme legal action should he dig any deeper. So, like any good journalist confronted by a bully, he does just the opposite: he travels to the hidden tickling facilities in Los Angeles and uncovers a vast empire, known for harassing and harming the lives of those who protest their involvement in these films. The more he investigates, the stranger it gets, discovering secret identities and criminal activity.

Discovering the truth becomes Farrier’s obsession, despite increasingly sinister threats and warnings. With humor and determination, Farrier and co-director Dylan Reeve summon up every resource available to get to the bottom of this tickling worm hole.